Fill In Sentences:
Simple Machines
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
exceedingly
friction
rotates
eliminated
complex
devices
symbolic
sophisticated
independently
cylinder
porpeller
abundance
quarry
fulcrum
expend
1. The concert hall became noisy when the musicians tuned up their instruments and the crowd chatted.
2. The farther the is from the effort end of a lever, the easier it is to lift the load.
3. A long, round may be opened or closed at the ends.
4. Simple machines such as scissors and doorstops are handy people use every day.
5. An automobile is a machine made up of many different simple machines.
6. With machines, people can less energy to perform even difficult tasks.
7. The two machines can be operated together or of one another.
8. A spinning top is a toy that on a point or axis.
9. The turning blades of the powerboat’s make the boat move through the water.
10. Oil can lessen the between moving parts of a machine.
11. Workers use large machines to take stone out of the .
12. In good years, farmers can produce an of wheat that more than meets the demand for the crop.
13. The stars on the American flag represent the fifty states.
14. The architect drew a very plan for the building to house the new museum.
15. The tennis player was from the tournament when she lost the match.
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Definition Matching:
Simple Machines
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
eliminate
1. very greatly
sophisticated
2. the supporting point on which a lever moves
abundance
3. any object with a long round shape
independently
4. something designed for a particular purpose
complex
5. having a number of parts
porpeller
6. to use up
friction
7. on one’s own; separately
exceedingly
8. to turn on an axis or center point
quarry
9. a device with turning blades
rotate
10. the resistance to movement over surfaces
fulcrum
11. a pit from which stone is removed
expend
12. a supply of more than enough
device
13. serving to represent or stand for an idea
cylinder
14. advanced in design
symbolic
15. to remove; to get rid of
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